Debate on the fishing industry

In proposing the debate to the Backbench Business Committee, Alistair Carmichael commented there would be, “no shortage of things to be discussing”, and listed a number of areas of concern. These were:

• fisheries post brexit, including the review of fisheries post 2026, included in the UK and EU Trade and Co-operation agreement
• new medical certificate requirements for inshore fishers
• changes to visa requirements for foreign inshore fishing crews
• concerns about how the competing uses of the marine environment affect the fishing industry (the spatial squeeze).

Further information is provided on these topics in this pack, as well as recent Parliamentary and news material.

In addition, the following library briefings cover a range of further issues affecting the fishing industry:

• Library Debate Pack on Post Brexit fisheries management published 11 October 2022. This includes information on the UK Seafood fund, set up by the government to support the fishing industry. The transcript of the debate which took place on 13 October 2022 is available in Hansard
• Library Debate Pack on the Inshore fishing fleet published 13 June 2022. This includes information on requirements for catch reporting by inshore vessels, new requirements for inshore vessel monitoring systems (iVMS) and a new vessel safety inspection regime. The transcript of the debate which took place on 14 June 2022 is available in Hansard
• Library Briefing on UK Fisheries Statistics published on 11 October 2022